Example sentences of "[verb] to make a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , you are permitted to make a faithful copy of a famous painting if you wish , as a means to master a particular technique or learn something of a process or style . |
| 2 | Something simpler is obviously called for , and Floorplan Plus is an attempt to provide the layman with the tools he needs to make a convincing stab at planning out a house , extension or furniture arrangement . |
| 3 | LENNY Henry wants to make a British version of New Jack City . |
| 4 | The delay is due to the complex documentation required , X/Open claims , saying that it wants to make a big splash for XPG4 , now scheduled for the Autumn . |
| 5 | So it may be said that the legislation was promoted by a pressure group whose perception of Co-operation was decried by the Consumers ' Movement ; and passed under a Tory rather that a Liberal Government because a trade union tried to make a tactical use of just that form of co-operative preferred by the promoters and decried by the Consumers ' Movement . |
| 6 | But it is perhaps better not to try to make a bizarre idea for a murder the seed in your mind for a book , though when you have devised your plot you should of course make the actual circumstances of the murder as attention-grabbing as possible . |
| 7 | Though not used by homoeopathic pharmacies in this country for potencies below the 1M , it is used commercially in Belgium for all potencies , and is also used when a practitioner has to make a specific potency for a particular patient , such as a potency of chloroform for a case of chloroform allergy . |
| 8 | And the chairman also has to make a big speech on the first day . |
| 9 | Where handwritten texts are at issue , it is often the case that the individual reproducing the text in a printed version has to make a considerable effort of interpretation to assign a value to some of the less legible words . |
| 10 | DES WALKER knows he has to make a quick impression for his new club , Sampdoria . |
| 11 | Thus , the Chancellor of the Exchequer has to make a special effort in every budget to ensure that tax rates ( or thresholds ) are adjusted in line with inflation — unless , of course , he particularly wishes to increase the tax burden of these groups as part of his economic strategy . |
| 12 | He unwrapped the handkerchiefs , contrived to get a good amount of mud down his boots and pretended to make a bad landing from the monkey rope and was dispatched to the sanatorium with a suspected sprain . |
| 13 | Hatton , for example , summed up the delinquency of Reggie Smashem and Billy Dustup as ‘ nothing more serious than the symptoms of healthy , vigorous , adventurous adolescence ’ : ‘ I propose to make a practical examination of this question of the ‘ hooligan ’ ’ , for I am seriously concerned that he is not getting a fair deal . ’ |
| 14 | An acquaintance who is well-informed as to the intentions of the Liberals writes to me that they propose to make a big plan of public works the centre of their election programme . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've got a visitor coming at six o'clock and I want to make a good impression on him — it 's twenty to four already . ’ |
| 16 | But if you want to make a good impression on examiners , prospective employers or clients , the mastery of our unreasonable orthography is a necessity . |
| 17 | I want to make a limited point at this juncture , I reserve the right to come back later on , and it 's become three points as a result of the discussion we 've already had , my view on the contribution of the of the greenbelt to the York issue is n't just the setting of the city , it 's the character of the city , and that would include the central city and the historic city , and the need to limit the physical expansion and size of the urban area because of the implications inside the historic city , and that would certainly apply to other cities with greenbelts that I 'm familiar with like York , like er Oxford , which the character suffers from expansion , possibly excessive , Norwich , that considered a greenbelt , and London , if you like that did n't get its greenbelt until we had the character rather drastically altered , so I think it is n't just the setting and how you see the city from the ring road , it 's actually what happens inside the core , the second point I want to make is really for clarification perhaps , er and it relates to the question of allocations between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , as I understand it all those allocations are already er included in the Ryedale local plan , and are already therefore included in the commitments that we looked at in Ryedale , I do n't think there is a further reserve of spare opportunities that might be used either before or after two thousand and six , that 's certainly my understanding and if anybody was was taking a different view I think that should be clear , and now I come to the one point that I was actually going to raise , erm I think it 's important that in this discussion of the relations between York city and Greater York , that we get a , early on , a clear view of what the requirements are in York , not just its capacity which we 've discussed so far , and a figure of three thousand three hundred seems to be a fairly common currency , but its requirements , and I want to address a particular question to the County Council , which is in my proof , so they 've had as it were four weeks notice of it . |
| 18 | And we especially want to hear from youngsters who want to make a short piece of film themselves . |
| 19 | A record-review button — a great time and battery saver when you want to make a quick check-replay of a shot on location . |
| 20 | In quantitative terms the product is expected to make a net profit of ( 12,000 x £20 ) — £200,000 = £40,000 , but only if the forecast of sales is correct . |
| 21 | The central focus of the project will be the impact of employee relations on port efficiency , but the research is expected to make a major contribution to the wider understanding of port operations and to inform current and future policy debates on the industry . |
| 22 | Another ultrasonic downhole inspection tool developed by AEA for the oil industry has undergone trials and is expected to make a major impact on traditional mechanical inspection techniques . |
| 23 | Ingres Windows 4GL , well received as a graphical , object-oriented 4GL development tool , but with a surprisingly low profile for a two year old product , is expected to make a two-stage move towards supporting multiple databases , with announcements about a middleware product expected next month . |
| 24 | Hearings on the proposals were held in February , and the board is expected to make a final decision in June . |
| 25 | The research — which will be conducted under the auspices of the Universiti Brunei Darussalam and extends over a two-and -a-half year period — is expected to make a significant contribution to current debates about the exploitation and future of rainforest , and to attempts to place economic values on its component parts . |
| 26 | The Kiwis will follow with a similar itinerary between November and December , while England are expected to make a short tour in January 1993 , hopefully for two Tests and a couple of One-day Internationals , on their way to India . |
| 27 | How can women who have been taught that their choice in sexual relations is passive , limited to being able to say yes or no when approached by a man , be expected to make a sudden leap into active love-making where their desire is acknowledged , and their pleasure is a definite goal ? |
| 28 | A Buckingham Palace spokesman said he would be well enough to attend a promenade concert at London 's Royal Albert Hall tonight — and is expected to make a full recovery in seven to 10 days . |
| 29 | He is expected to make a full recovery from his injuries . |
| 30 | One of the event organisers said : ‘ Mr Gummer is expected to make a clear distinction between women 's ministry , which he fully supports , and the Apostolic male priesthood , which he seeks to preserve . |